Excerpt from Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land, Vol. 1 On Timbervtrees of New Zealand. By Capt. Collinson, r.e., with notes by Wm. Swainson, Esq., 225 On Laap or Lerp, the Cup-like Coverings of Psyllz'dce found on certain Eucalypti, with drawings. By Thomas Dobson, Esq., b.a. 235 On a New Species of Manna from New South Wales. By Thomas Anderson, Esq M.D., f.r.s E. 241 On the Coal between Western Port and Cape Liptrap, at Port Phillip. By G. H. Wathen, Esq. 247 On the Introduction and Naturalization of Petaurus Sciureus in Tasmania. By Ronald C. Guun, Esq., &c. 253 On the Construction of Dams with a View to Irrigation in Tasmania, with plates. By His Excellency Sir W. T. Denison, Meteorological Tables (hobart Town) for 1849. By Commander Kay, r.n., ER Director of the Royal Observatory, Hobart Town 255 Analysis of Tasmanian Coals. By Sir H. De La Beche, Meteorological Table (launceston) 1849. By W. R. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.